Ben Oostdam's Journal
of
Three Years (1954-1957)
in

T H A I L A N D


Tour to Tasau, April 6-8, 1956


by locomotive
Second Stage:
Kanchanaburi to Wang Poo

this is the infamous
"Death Railroad" also featured in
"Bridge on the River Kwai";


sketch made in 1944 by
war prisoner K. van Willigen

war-cemetery in Kanchanaburi


(please click on photographs for larger versions)


elephants and trucks perform the heavy work

TASAU station

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